"WE'RE GOING WHERE?!" Kaida's mouth opened in closed in shock as the girls arrived on their bikes in front of the animal hospital. It had taken time for Shannon to plan everything out, by the time she had called everyone the morning sun had already begun to crest and the girls were on their way to school. A simple text message had sent the pack on a change of direction to the clinic where they gathered around their Alpha while Noah leaned against the door in the back.
"Witchfalls." Shannon repeated, tugging on the bright pink shirt with a sparkly wolf's head, the doctor had bought for her from Wal Mart, it felt atleast one or two sizes too small. "It's in the mountains, about a 100 miles away from here, so were gone today and with a little luck we can be back by tomorrow night." She explained.
"What about School?" Anna spoke up, digging her foot into the soft grass. "Will we back in time for the dance on Friday?"
Shannon rubbed the back of her head and tried to nod. "Doctor Mark says we should be back in time. I don't know about school." She sighed dejectedly. "I just know that if we try to split up right now we are all in danger." She tried to meet each and every one of their eyes, lingering on the new packmates Daniel and Mary, she was not sure how well they understood the danger of the situation, as neither had been there when they had fought the Principal.
"We can call our parents tonight and tell them we are sleeping over at each others houses like we usually do when we want to wolf out in the forest." Shannon offered as Mina slyly approached her and elbowed her in the ribs.
"What about him? Is he your new mate?" She asked jerking a thumb toward Noah sending the other girls into giggling fits while Shannon turned various shades of red. "Have you bitten him yet?" She added playfully.
"No, and no!" Shannon shook her head quickly, waving her hands to try and dispel the notion. "We are just friends, he knows me as a wolf, that's all!"
The loud honking of a horn quickly broke the tension of Doctor Mark drove up with a massive white paneled 11 passenger van that looked like something that belonged to a church. "This is the biggest thing I could rent, please don't get it too dirty." He gave a dejected sigh as Mina, Daniel and Mary quickly climbed into the third row in the back, Mary quick to rub her elbow against Daniel's arm and give him a smile. Anna and Kaida took the second row, their hands just briefly touching, their eyes looking at each other before quickly turning away to look out of their respective windows.
With no better options Noah and Shannon sat in the front set of seats behind the driver, Noah using all his strength to swing the large door shut. "I'm sorry about all of this.." Shannon rubbed her hands together between her legs, not even able to look at him.
"I'm sorry for calling you a boy all the time." Noah turned to her with a half smile, Kaida snickered behind them as Anna quickly tried to hush her.
"By the way, we're probably going to all be sharing a hotel room tonight, two rooms at the most, it's not like I am made of money." Doctor Mark called out as Shannon sunk lower in the seat. Now she had to spend the entire day in the car with a cute boy who just found out she was a werewolf, possibly sleep in the same room with him that night, and the next day make an appeal to a freaking dragon that the lives of her pack were worth saving.
No pressure.